The Hexperts
by Nikki Haggart
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Necromancy
Necromancy
About this podcast
Join Nikki Haggart and Brett Seivwright, two besties who can’t stand each other, as Brett guides Nikki through the world of witchcraft, magical traditions, and wacky folklore, while Nikki tests Brett's knowledge on literally the most basic elements of pop culture (like that Liam Neeson didn’t star in Die Hard).
Cover Photo: Annie Yao
Theme Song: 'Ride To the City' by the Lemming Shepherds
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Episodes
The newest 20 of 43 episodes
- Necromancy · 57 min · Episode 43This week, we learn how necromancy is less raising hordes of undead and more calling your grandma. Later, Brett learns about Nathan Fielder's unknowable connection with…
- Baba Yaga · 60 min · Episode 42This week, we tell you how to avoid getting eaten by one of the world's most famous folkloric witches, the Baba Yaga, when your stepmother sends you to fetch some thread. Later…
- Aleister Crowley Part 6: Later Life and Death · 55 min · Episode 41In this one, he finally dies. Later, hear an exclusive sneak peak from 'Patient Zero (Brett's Version)' as Brett gets a rundown on the most recent drama from the chronically…
- Aleister Crowley Part 5: Sex, Drugs & Scarlet Women · 59 min · Episode 40This week, we follow the father of magick's journey post-divorce, as he enters his slut era and starts another schism. Later, Brett lays down his judgement on Iranian yoghurt and…
- Aleister Crowley Part 4: Travels and Marriage · 57 min · Episode 39In the continuing exploration of Aleister Crowley's life, we see him pursing his passions: poetry, mountains, being just a little more magical than the other magicians, and…
- Witches of Ancient Greece · 53 min · Episode 38This week we dissect the stories of Circe, Medea, and the other magic-wielders of Ancient Greece that helped establish our ideas of witches today, aka Helios's very messy family…
- Aleister Crowley Part 3: The Golden Dawn · 56 min · Episode 37In our continuing exploration of Crowley's life, our boy finds love with a man with fantastic legs, attaches himself to the worst possible father figures, and causes a schism in…
- Aleister Crowley Part 2: Early Life · 57 min · Episode 36This week, we explore the early days of the forefather of the Occult, from being the sickly son of fanatically religious train millionaires, to his young adulthood as a…
- Aleister Crowley Part 1: Thelema · 58 min · Episode 35We begin our dive into the forefather of modern magic and the 'most wicked man in the world' with a look into Thelema, a religion that says everyone is a star, literally, and…
- The North Berwick Witches · 52 min · Episode 34This is the story of how the witches of Scotland and Denmark enchanted the weather to stop a king from marrying a fourteen-year-old, and I guess somehow they're the bad guy…
- Sybil Leek Part Two · 60 min · Episode 33Our journey into the life of one of the world's most famous modern witches continues as we discuss her travels to America, her poorly-reviewed foray into ghost hunting, her…
- Sybil Leek Part One · 59 min · Episode 32Brett and Nikki dive into the early life of Britain's most famous witch and perhaps most dumbfounding braggart, Sybil Leek. Later, Brett is quizzed on knowledge from past…
- The Gospel of Aradia · 1 h 5 min · Episode 31Have you heard the Gospel of Aradia? Neither had anyone else, until folklorist Charles Godfrey Leland showed up. Brett and Nikki discuss the alleged secret worshipping the…
- Curses · 1 h 3 min · Episode 30From the evil eye to Etsy witches, Brett and Nikki break down the history of curses, and discuss whether there is an ethical way to hex a bitch. Later, Brett fails to mew, and…
- Egregores, Featuring The Paranormal Parlour · 1 h 10 min · Episode 29Brett and Nikki welcome Carly Billings and Cecilia O'Grady, independent theatre creators, hosts of the spooky new podcast 'The Paranormal Parlour,' and girl women. Brett teaches…
- Malleus Maleficarum · 57 min · Episode 28Brett talks about a book too vile and too poorly written for even a dweeb like him to get through, as we discuss the horrors unleashed upon women and 'witches' by Inquisitor…
- The Trial of Helena Scheuberin · 1 h 5 min · Episode 27Brett tells Nikki the tale of when the Pope's fiercest witch hunter met his ultimate match, a mean girl. Later, Brett gets to not talk about Billy Bob Thornton (and instead tells…
- Hoodoo · 1 h 7 min · Episode 26Brett and Nikki discuss how African spirituality merged with the many cultures of the New World to create perhaps the most no-nonsense modern practice of magic, while never…
- Love Spells · 1 h 12 min · Episode 25Nikki and Brett discuss the undeniably questionable ethics of love spells, then tell you exactly how to do them. Later, do you believe in Abby Lee Miller? Brett does not. Hosted…
- John Dee Part Two · 1 h 14 min · Episode 24In our continuing exploration of the life of Dr John Dee, John experiments with alchemy, scrying, and toxic polycules. Later, find out what Brett, and Queen Elizabeth the First…
